06/03/2024

We the peoples who have heard the words of the Law from Moses and those who have tried to access the Grace manifest by the Incarnation have fallen far short of the of what Our Father wants for all his human creatures. We do not show in either our institutions or personal lives the behaviours that would inspire "No other people is as wise and prudent as this great nation!"

The Jews have certainly followed Moses "Do not forget the what your eyes have seen nor let them slip from your heart, all the days of your life rather tell them to your children and to your children's children". The descendants of Moses have certainly done this. The occupation of Palestine is a deliberate attempt to steal land and possessions by force of arms and accumulated wealth from the rightful owners. The continued slaughter in Gaza is as great a sin as the Gas Chambers of Auschwitz  and ensures that strife will continue and evil flourish in this our material world.

The Institution that Jesus founded on Peter has over the course of two thousand years acquired vast wealth and possessions and claimed to be the one source on Earth for the grace that enables its followers to follow the Law as completed by Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Can, however, the institution that, during its growth in this world, has perpetrated evil and crimes in the Pharisaical Hypocrisy condemned by the Son of God be said to be the completion of the Law for righteous living revealed through Moses?

Jews, as are all other humans, have always been "of this world" and inconsistent in their history as the "chosen people". It was their humanity, however,  in the person of Mary that God chose to carry his only begotten son. It was a Jew's arms that were spread out and nailed to the cross for them to be able to enclose all humanity in his love. At his trial he told us all, disciples, scribes, priests and Caesar "My kingdom is not of this world". 

The Kingdom of God is not located in any institution or building but in "every word that comes from God" which finds its place in human hearts and is revealed in this world by their deeds.

 We all have been given the freedom of will to choose and to build "the Kingdom" in  the depths of our being. This is the purpose of my every breath.

Dear Lord, you know my shame and failure to live up to the standards that you have revealed to us all. Help me to know your grace and use it to serve you and learn how to love you in service to others. May Mary who knew Gaza in her worldly life and who as she witnessed your torture and crucifixion can never forget how we have always inflicted pain upon each other, pray that each human being who is about to inflict pain and death on a fellow human has a vision of his own death and resist the evil that he is able to avoid. May we all on earth and  in purgatory receive Mercy and completely forgive all others who are harming or have ever harmed us.